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Brixton Village Detailed Pen Drawing

Brixton Village Pen and Ink Drawing

Brixton Village illustration was inspired by The Brixton map illustration, that was created and posted earlier in the month on the blog. I had drawn detailed sketches of well know locations from Brixton, such as the Ritzy Cinema, Brixton Academy music venue, the Brixton Windmill and Brixton Village. I chose to further develop the Brixton Village sketch drawing, adding typography and objects associated with Brixton Village, for example, fruit and veg which can be found on the market stalls as well as Restaurant food which many people now come for, and the Village is well known for.

The Brixton type face was inspired by typographic reference material I had collected, which then inspired the very outer boarder surrounding the Brixton Title, which is a intricate fine detail line boarder, it was sketched to begin with and then I used a selection of Rotring pens to go over the pencil initial sketch drawings.

The illustration is a a mix of hand drawn and digital elements, The whole of the illustration is hand drawn with fine liner Rotring pens as individual sections. Once all the elements of the illustration were drawn, they were then scanned and composed together using Adobe Photoshop, using a range of filers and layers to give the visual look that the illustration had been drawn as one whole illustration.

Brixton Hand Drawn Pen illustration

Brixton Map Drawing Illustration

Brixton Academy Pen Drawing

Brixton Village Pen Drawing

Brixton Windmill Pen Drawing

The Ritzy Brixton Picturehouse

Brixton is an interesting place in London, it has a rich London culture, full of diversity and creativity. A few well known london Land marks include the Brixton academy with its rich music heritage, where it has been host to many international musicians, the Ritzy picture-house cinema, a great place to see a movie, as well as a place to socialise. Brixton Village, is a old and yet a new location, it has been home as a local market where local residents go to shop, and now has became a vibrant social place full of places to drink and eat, frequented by young Londoners.

I have been illustrating a series of maps in a hand drawn style, I like to draw in fine detail and try and capture as much information of the location and place. The brixton map includes many of Brixton’s, famous and well know landmarks and places. This is one of a series of maps I am investigating through drawings and sketches. I first draw each location, building up drawings and materials for my final composition. once all my drawings are completed. I make them digital and scan them into Adobe Photoshop, once everything is scanned, I like to play with composition of the illustration as a whole with all the drawing scans.